Re: A question about changing remote repo name

From: Russell Steicke <russellsteicke@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 5, 2010, 02:52 UTC
Message-ID: <c1b8b6671001041852w4740b7d6g4b8db1221c5dc744@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <60ce8d251001032245n4e0267b1o1ecc796f324f8179@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Dongas <dongas86@gmail.com> wrote:

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> So i need to change the remote name manually.
>
> I tried modifying the .git/config file locally but it didn't work.
>
> Could someone help tell how to do it?

After editing .git/config, do this:

$ mv .git/refs/remotes/OLDNAME .git/refs/remotes/NEWNAME

and optionally:

$ mv .git/logs/refs/remotes/OLDNAME .git/logs/refs/remotes/NEWNAME

Remember to rename the remote in any tracking branches in .git/config, as well as the name in the [remote "OLDNAME"] section, and the name in any fetch and push lines. ie

[remote "OLDNAME"]
	url = something
	fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/OLDNAME/*
[branch "master"]
	remote = OLDNAME
	merge = refs/heads/master

Becomes

[remote "NEWNAME"]
	url = something
	fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/NEWNAME/*
[branch "master"]
	remote = NEWNAME
	merge = refs/heads/master

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